Current Affairs 2016

India̢۪s first LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) laboratory will be set up in Aundh in Hingoli district of Maharashtra.

China has claimed that it has successfully developed and tested a radar system that uses quantum entanglement to beat the stealth technology of modern military aircrafts.

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has successfully launched advanced weather satellite INSAT-3DR.

India’s largest private sector bank ICICI Bank has successfully deployed ‘Software Robotics’ for power banking operations. With this, it becomes first bank in the country and among few globally to deploy ‘Software Robotics’.

Novel based on Apatani tribe of Arunachal Pradesh titled Into the Hidden Valley has won 2016 MM Bennetts Award for Historical Fiction in the United Kingdom.

Majuli became the first island district of India after it was inaugurated as the 35th district of Assam by Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal.

• President gives assent to the Constitution (122nd Amendment) (GST) Bill, 2014
• Integration of DigiLocker with Driving Licenses & Vehicle Registration Certificates launched
• Bengaluru hosts first edition of IoT India Congress

The Union Government has launched a new service -integration of DigiLocker with Driving Licenses (DL) & Vehicle Registration Certificates (RC).

India has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Greece to allow unlimited number of flights into each other̢۪s countries and also has initiated the air service agreement for open skies.

The first edition of ‘IoT (Internet of Things) India Congress, 2016’ began in Bengaluru, Karnataka.

President Pranab Mukherjee has given assent to the Constitution (122nd Amendment) (GST) Bill, 2014 as per Article 111 of the Constitution.

• India, Kazakhstan Joint Exercise PRABAL DOSTYK-16 begins
• Union Government launches #Gas4India campaign to promote use natural gas in the country
• Union Government approves Rs 450 crore for five states under Swadesh Darshan scheme